Fault-tolerant dielectric elastomer actuators using single-walled carbon nanotube electrodes

被引：215

作者：

Yuan, Wei ^{[1
]}

Hu, Liangbing ^{[2
]}

Yu, Zhibin ^{[1
]}

Lam, Tuling ^{[1
]}

Biggs, James ^{[3
]}

Ha, Soon M. ^{[1
]}

Xi, Dongjuan ^{[1
]}

Chen, Bin ^{[4
]}

Senesky, Matthew K. ^{[3
]}

Gruner, George ^{[2
]}

Pei, Qibing ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA

[2] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Phys & Astron, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA

[3] Artificial Muscle Inc, Menlo Pk, CA 94303 USA

[4] NASA, Ames Res Ctr, Moffett Field, CA 94035 USA

来源：

ADVANCED MATERIALS | 2008年 / 20卷 / 03期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1002/adma.200701018

中图分类号：

O6 [化学];

学科分类号：

0703 ;

摘要：

Fault-tolerant actuators. Single-waited carbon nanotubes were studied as new compliant electrodes for dielectric elastomers. The spray-coated SWNT electrodes drive electromechanical strains greater than 200 %. When a fault is present due to pin puncture or internal defect in the elastomer films, dielectric breakdown causes localized self-clearing of the SWNT electrodes and isolation of the fault. The increased fault tolerance may enhance the actuation reliability of dielectric elastomers actuators.

引用

页码：621 / +

页数：6

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